Demarcating new boundaries: Mapping virtual polycentric communities through social media content

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-129

  Stefanidis, Anthony ^a   Cotnoir, Amy ^a   Croitoru, Arie ^a   Crooks, Andrew ^a   Rice, Matthew ^a   Radzikowski, Jacek ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community detection; Community mapping; Social media; Statehood; Syria; Twitter

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DETECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATEHOOD; SYRIA; TWITTER;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

MAPPING;

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; GEOPOLITICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAPPING METHOD; MEDIA ROLE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATE; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84878619576     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2013.776211     Document Type: Article

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